The first update for HopStop since Apple's acquisition is out, and it proves that Apple's not just lifting the best elements from the popular navigational tool for public transportation and tacking them into its Apple Maps app. In addition to the features that attracted Apple in the first place, HopStop now lets you send information about delays and incidents in real time.

This substantial improvement is rather unusual for Apple, which has been known to shut down apps after acquiring them. Specifically, the update allows you to report "delays, crowds, incidents, service changes, station closures," and broken elevators in addition to suggestions and complaints.

That's a big step, but there's more. HopStop now features additional support for cities in the UK, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Ireland, and Israel; as well as some smaller conveniences, such as the ability to save your home and work addresses for easy access when determining directions.

Still, there's some indication that this could just be a happy accident. Considering the timing, Cult of Mac posited that this may have been a patch that was already in development at the time of acquisition, and that Apple allowed it to go through rather than to let so much useful work go to waste.

We'll see. For now, Apple appears to be treating the popular navigational app as a standalone product, and it has yet to yank the free app from the competing Google Play store. The Windows Phone app, by contrast, was removed the day after the acquisition.